The Tomato-coloured Couch 10:22pm
I wore a necklace of shells
My Father sent from Africa
when I was four
She — My Daughter — wore
Her Dress Of Silver — size 2
shaped like a mermaid
& visited Her Other Grandfather
in The Hospital —
He said
“You Look Like A Fish”
The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:12pm
I Am Proclaiming
My Godliness
with The Hope
that Others, You
might say the same
for Yourselves:
I cannot say
“You Are God”
but I can think It
& I DO —
I think We all
are God
as The Unit Of Humanity
made up of Individual Minds
Eliza’s Corner Room 2:34pm
I saw The Meaning Of Life
open out like The Brown Garment Bag
containing Eliza’s Silver Prom Dress
opening from Its Centre
to reveal The Paradoxical Joke
edged in Raspberry & Gold:
God’s Super Joke —
The Reason For Schizophrenia
The Hawk Deck 11:00am
I have turned into
a religious figure
dressed in purple robe
& sun hat
holding My mauve & gold
Journal
on My Knee
I hear the birds
a lawn mower
& write
of The Solace
I seek for Others
Who may share
My View
of The Internal God
The Hawk Deck 10:22am
Can You believe Me Now —
Do You believe Me Now —
Twenty Years after The Shower Of Lights
that I Am God
from Inside
No, I am not The External God
The Man in The Sky
I Am My Own Boss
with The Meaning of Life
under My Belt
A Wilson’s Warbler singing His Song
out to Me
from The Scraggly Apple
Can You, Could You, Believe Me Now?
The Hawk Deck 9:11am
If there has to be
an Us & a Them
let Them be The Bugs
Silver has opposing properties
against The Super Bugs
& Bed Bugs must be fought
NYC is already taken over
by Cockroaches
& in the country
We have Tics
& Earwigs
with This War raging
We do have heroic stories
of Spiders being put outside
of Ants not being stepped on
& Bumble Bees saved
from drowing
Joanna Gilman Hyde 